Portrait of Maria Theresa of Savoy
| Portrait of Maria Theresa of Savoy | |
|---|---|
| Artist | François-Hubert Drouais |
| Year | 1775 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 98.5 cm × 78 cm (38.8 in × 31 in) |
| Location | Palace of Versailles, Paris |
Portrait of Maria Theresa of Savoy (French: Portrait de Marie-Thérèse de Savoie) is a 1775 portrait painting by the French artist François-Hubert Drouais.[1] It depicts Maria Theresa of Savoy, a member of the French royal family of the Ancien régime era. The daughter of Victor Amadeus III of Savoy, the Turin-born Maria Theresa married Count of Artois in 1773 in a dynastic match. Her husband was a younger brother of Louis XVI, and the couple went into exile after the French Revolution. Some years after her death in Graz in 1805, her husband inherited the French throne in 1824 during the Bourbon Restoration.[2]
The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1775 at the Louvre in Paris, the last before the death of Drouais later that year. A contemporary replica of the original by Drouais was auctioned at Sotheby's in 2015. It was acquired for the Palace of Versailles.[3] [4] A print based on the painting was produced by the engraver Louis Jacques Cathelin in 1777. [5]
References
- ^ Arizzoli-Clémentel & Salmon p.105
- ^ Bell p.69
- ^ https://www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/7018-le-ch%C3%A2teau-de-versailles-proc%C3%A8de-%C3%A0-trois-belles-acquisitions.html
- ^ https://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#/query/4f44e149-0744-4955-b180-358f9e0d1931
- ^ https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1899-1017-16
Bibliography
- Arizzoli-Clémentel, Pierre & Salmon, Xavier. Marie-Antoinette Exposition. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 2008.
- Bell, Jeffrey. Industrialization and Imperialism, 1800-1914: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO, 2002.